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Tuesday, March 3, 2009Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed DEN by 10 at halftime and won 100–95.

Final
CHI80
CHA96
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +17; Q4 CHA +16
Final
PHX99
ORL111
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +12
Final
DEN95
DET100
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +5
Final
NJN99
MIL95
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN -6; Q3 NJN -6; Q4 NJN +4
Final
GSW118
MIN94
Q1 GSW +18; Q2 GSW +29; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +24
Final
TOR97
HOU107
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +10
Final
IND117
SAC109
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +8
Final
MEM89
LAL99
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +10
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2007–08Mar 3, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (UTA vs DAL), 28 points.
The lead · DEN @ DET

Detroit rallies from 10 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 10 at the half, Detroit outscored the Nuggets 56–41 the rest of the way. Final: 100–95. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-100+5DET AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2628202195
DET26183026100
Who led
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 10, 8, 10, 18, 11, 17, 15, 23DET23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 14, 22, 4, 11, 9, 24, 31, 25, 21DET21 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 22, 25, 21, 3, 33, 22, 27, 34DEN34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 6, 12, 17, 19, 17, 8, 12, 20DEN20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NJN @ MIL

New Jersey handles Milwaukee by 4

The Nets won the fourth quarter 38–28. Final: 99–95. Brook Lopez led New Jersey with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over MIL4DET over DEN5IND over SAC8HOU over TOR10LAL over MEM10ORL over PHX12CHA over CHI16GSW over MIN24Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 62 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 60 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.3Season avg21Today

21 minutes today, against 2.3 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Chauncey Billups leads the day with 34

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 22, 25, 21, 3, 33, 22, 27, 34DEN @ DET · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 10, 30, 39, 28, 36, 22, 29, 49, 31LAL vs MEM · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 17, 18, 18, 10, 17, 10, 23, 29ORL vs PHX · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 17, 34, 21, 20, 13, 11, 8, 27PHX @ ORL · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 18, 18, 16, 33, 20, 14, 28, 26IND @ SAC · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 29, 12, 12, 11, 26, 19, 28, 25TOR @ HOU · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Nate RobinsonNYK+9.8 27.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jarrett JackIND+8.3 20.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Troy MurphyIND+5.9 19.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.5 13.6 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Quentin RichardsonNYK−4.9 5.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.4 6.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
John SalmonsCHI−4.2 13.7 last 10 · 17.9 season
Mike BibbyATL−4.0 11.3 last 10 · 15.3 season